Consultation-driven Reformation
When Chairman Allen Christopher M. Silvano filled the position on December 2007, he intended to involve the community’s inputs in improving the barangay council’s performance. Just shortly after assuming office, Brgy. Chairman Silvano initiated a dialogue with the residents of the barangay to assess area-specific problems, invite input from community members, set expectations, strengthen goodwill, and announce commitments to solve problems. Eschewing the usual manner of gathering the community in an assembly, he himself visited the areas in Little Baguio. In many cases, he did the consultations per street, if an area-wide consultation would dilute the more specific concerns of the residents. It took 20 “exhausting” days for Chairman Silvano to complete this assiduous consultation method. Through this project, Chairman Silvano found out that the barangay experienced three main problems: health-related concerns, traffic management, and the security and order.
Spurred by the community’s feedback and the noticeable rise of crime, Chairman Silvano sought to reform the barangay patrol which is the barangay’s main instrument for community safety. The Barangay Patrol used to be manned by only six barangay tanod’s/patrollers. With only a motorcycle with side car as the motorized patrol vehicle, the six patrollers had to look out for Little Baguio’s 43.7156 has of land. As elaborated in the following sections, there were also many inadequacies in training, equipment, funding.
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